Dental Research II Lab
Dental Research II Lab Quiz
Welcome to the Dental Research II Lab Quiz! This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of statistical analysis and research methodology in the field of dentistry. Whether you are a student, educator, or researcher, this quiz provides a fun and informative way to enhance your understanding of important concepts.
Key Features:
- 30 Multiple Choice Questions
- Covers SPSS usage and research design
- Immediate feedback on answers
What is the advantage of using SPSS over calculating statistics by hand?
This is how most quantitative data analysis is done in "real research" nowadays
It reduces the chance of making errors in your calculations
It equips you with a useful transferable skill
All of the above
In SPSS, what is the "Data Viewer"?
A table summarizing the frequencies of data for one variable
A spreadsheet into which data can be entered
A dialog box that allows you to choose a statistical test
A screen in which variables can be defined and labeled
What are the main points to write the literature review?
Literature review which responds to question of Who, When, What, Where
Literature review which responds to question of When, Where, Why
Literature review which responds to question of When, Why, What, How
Literature review which responds to question of Who, When, What, Why
Literature review which responds to question of When, What, Where, Why
How is a variable name different from a variable label?
It is shorter and less detailed
It is longer and more detailed
It is abstract and unspecific
It refers to codes rather than variables
What does the operation "Recode Into Different Variables" do to the data?
Replaces missing data with some random scores
Reverses the position of the independent and dependent variable on a graph
Redistributes a range of values into a new set of categories and creates a new variable
Represents the data in the form of a pie chart
How would you use the drop-down menus in SPSS to generate a frequency table?
Open the Output Viewer and click: Save As; Pie Chart
Click on: Analyze; Descriptive Statistics; Frequencies
Click on: Graphs; Frequencies; Pearson
Open the Variable Viewer and recode the value labels
Why might you tell SPSS to represent the "slices" of a pie chart in different patterns?
Because the program tends to crash if you ask it to use color
Because the patterns form symbolic visual images of different social groups
In order to make full use of the facilities that SPSS can offer
If you do not have a color printer, it makes the differences between the slices clearer
When cross-tabulating two variables, it is conventional to:
Represent the independent variable in rows and the dependent variable in columns
Assign both the dependent and independent variables to columns
Represent the dependent variable in rows and the independent variable in columns
Assign both the dependent and independent variables to rows
In which sub-dialog box can the Chi Square test be found?
Frequencies: Percentages
Crosstabs: Statistics
Bivariate: Pearson
Gender: Female
To generate a Spearman's rho test, which set of instructions should you give SPSS?
Analyze; Crosstabs; Descriptive Statistics; Spearman; OK
Graphs; Frequencies; [select variables]; Spearman; OK
Analyze; Compare Means; Anova table; First layer; Spearman; OK
Analyze; Correlate; Bivariate; [select variables]; Spearman; OK
How would you print a bar chart that you have just produced in SPSS?
In Output Viewer, click File, Print, select the bar chart and click OK
In Variable Viewer, open bar chart, click File, Print, OK
In Chart Editor, click Descriptive Statistics, Print, OK
In Data Editor, open Graphs dialog box, click Save, OK
What are does DMFT stand for:
Total mean of tooth and Total prevalence of tooth
Total prevalence of tooth
Decay, Missing, Filling and teeth
Decay, Missing, Filling, Surface
Decay, Missing, Filling, Surface and Total mean of tooth
For writing up your synthesis of the literature
To read, reflect (thinking with the title), identify (main themes), categorize by them, categorize by sub-themes.
To write, read, identify, reflect.
To read, reflect (thinking with title), categorize by them, categorize by sub-themes
Reference, thinking,
Writing, identify and title
What the origin of a research question:
Mastering the literature
Being alert to new ideas and technique
Mastering the literature, being alert to new ideas and technique,Keeping the imagination.
Keeping the imagination
Mastering the literature and being alert to new ideas and technique
What’s FINER stand for?
Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical and Relevant
Favorite, Interesting, Novel, Ethical and Relevant
Feasible, Investigating, Need, Ethical and Relevant
Feasible, Inspiriting, Novel, Ethical and Relevant
Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical and Realistic
How many style for written the references of research?
2
3
4
5
6
What are the 5 types for written the references of research?
Book or article of scientific
Thesis
Internet
Contact person and Journal
All are corrects
How many type of the study design?
2
3
4
5
6
You can choose fonts and font sizes with the __toolbar.
Standard
Formatting
AutoText
Drawing
You can open the Font dialog box by choosing Font from the __ menu.
Edit
Insert
Format
Tools
When a citation includes more than __ authors,only the surname of the first author is cited followed by et al.
3
4
5
6
When referencing other works you have cited within the text of the report you should:
State the first and last name of the author
Use the author, date citation method
Use an asterisk and a footnote
Insert the complete citation in parenthesis
Which of the following abbreviations can be used in a research report?
DT for dental decay
Sec. For second
Yr. For year
Mo. For month
Editorial style specifies that ______ should be used infrequently or sparingly.
Italics
Abbreviations
Headings
Abbreviations and headings
The factor that should determine whether you decide to prepare a research report of you study for a conference or for publication is
Whether the study is free from flaws
Whether the study is important enough to justify presentation or publication
Whether others would be interested in the work
All of the above
Which of the following is not true about the use of language in research reports?
You should choose accurate and clear words that are free from bias.
You should avoid labeling people whenever possible
You should avoid using the term “subjects” whenever possible
All of the above are true according to the UHS Guidelines
Which of the following is not one of the seven major parts to the research report?
Results
Abstract
Method
Footnotes
The abstract should be about how many words?
50
75
120
300
It is in this section that you fully interpret and evaluate your results.
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Where do you provide a step-by-step account of what the researcher and participants did during the research study?
Introduction
Abstract
Procedure
Design
Select all of the following statements which you believe to be true. An ordinal variable is one for which:?
The data are discrete and can take one of many values.
The data are continuous and follow an ordered sequence.
The data are categorical.
The categories of response are ordered.
There can only be two categories of response.
Select all of the following statements which you believe to be true:?
A sample statistic is a point estimate of a population parameter.
Random sampling implies a haphazard approach to the data analysis.
For a given data set, the standard deviation is always greater than the standard error of the mean.
The inferential process involves drawing conclusions about the sample.
All are corrects
A total 5000 patients of glaucoma are identified and surveyed by patient interviews regarding family history of glaucoma. Such a study design is called:?
Case series report
Case-control study
Clinical Trial
Cohort study
The analytical study where population is the unit of study is:?
Cross sectional
Ecological
Case-control
Cohort
System Study involves:?
Study of an existing system
Documenting the existing system.
Identifying current deficiencies and establishing new goals
All of the above
The primary tool used in structured design is a:?
Structure chart
Data-flow diagram
Program flowchart
Module
The step-by-step instructions that solve a problem are called __?
An algorithm
A list
A plan
A sequential structure
Which of the following is not a factor in the failure of the systems developments projects:?
Size of the company
Inadequate user involvement
Failure of systems integration
Continuation of a project that should have been cancelled
A problem's _____ will answer the question, "What information will the computer need to know in order to either print or display the output times?:
Input
Output
Processing
Purpose
What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?
Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation
Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use
Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee
All of the above
Which of the following refers to research supported by measurable evidence?
Opinion
Empiricism
Speculation
Rationalism
Which of the following should be included in a research proposal?
Your academic status and experience
The difficulties you encountered with your previous reading on the topic
Your choice of research methods and reasons for choosing them
All of the above
You can manage your time and resources best, by:?
Working out a timetable
Finding out what resources are readily available to you
Calculating a budget for likely expenditure
All of the above
Which of the following methods would you use to enter data on gender into SPSS so you could conduct statistical analyses?
Type male or female into the appropriate column of the data view
Type M into the appropriate column for male participants and F for female participants
Enter data for male participants into SPSS first, then data for female participants second
Enter the data from male and female participants into separate data sets
Numerically code male and female with different numbers
You have installed SPSS on your personal computer. In which of the following places will you ALWAYS find the SPSS icon?
In the Programs menu
On a CD Rom
On the desktop
On a floppy disk
On your USB stick
You select File from the procedures across the top of the SPSS Data Editor. The three dots after save as... Mean which of the following?
A further submenu will appear when this option is chosen
A dialogue box will open when this option is chosen
There will be a time delay after selecting this option while the computer performs the procedure
This option cannot be chosen at present
There are three further steps after selecting this option
How can you tell if your research questions are really good?
If they guide your literature search
If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument
If they force you to narrow the scope of your research
All of the above
A simple random sample is one in which:?
From a random starting point, every nth unit from the sampling frame is selected
A non-probability strategy is used, making the results difficult to generalize
The researcher has a certain quota of respondents to fill for various social groups
Every unit of the population has an equal chance of being selected
Research method is applicable in all of the following fields, EXCEPT?
Health care
Religion
Business
Government offices
All of the following are true statements about action research, EXCEPT?
Data are systematically analyzed
Data are collected systematically
Results are generalizable
Results are used to improve practice
How can you tell if your research questions are really good?
If they guide your literature search
If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument
If they force you to narrow the scope of your research
All of the above
The Means... Procedure for computing the mean score of each of several groups is found in?
The Reports menu
The Compare Means menu
The Tables menu
The Descriptive Statistics menu
Who among the following introduce the concept of relationship of environment with human health?
Avicenna
Chakara
Hippocrates
Paracelsus
John Snow
Idea health indicator should be
Sensitive
Specific
Relevant
Measurement
All of the above
Sickness is a state of
Social dysfunction
Subjective state of a person feeling unwell
Impaired physiological function
Impaired psychological function
All of the above
Disease causation is best explained by
Theory of one to one relationship between causal agent and disease
Supernatural theory of disease
Empirical theory of disease causation
Multi factorial theory of disease causation
All of the above
Course of a disease process without any intervention is the definition of
Spectrum of disease
Epidemiology of disease
Natural history of disease
Iceberg phenomenon
All of the above
Morbidity in a community can best be estimated by
Active surveillance
Sentinel surveillance
Passive surveillance
Monitoring
Evaluation
Which of prevention is applicable for implementation in a population without any risk factors?
Primordial prevention
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
All of the above
All of the following are methods of health promotion except
Nutritional education
Immunization
Behavioral changes
Healthful housing
All of the above
In a community an increase in new cases of a particular disease is due to
Increase in incidence rate
Increasing in prevalence rate
Both of the above
None of the above
Increasing in mortality rate.
The most effective tool for measuring incidence of a disease in a community is
Case control study
Cohort study
Cross sectional study
Cross over study
Experimental study
Prevalence of a disease depends upon the following
Incidence
Duration
Both of the above
None of the above
All of the above are not correct
Prevalence is
Rate
Ratio
Proportion
Mode
Mean
Study of time, place and person distribution of health related events is known as
Descriptive epidemiology
Experimental epidemiology
Analytical epidemiology
Clinical epidemiology
Community epidemiology
The mean is
The best representation for every set of data
The middlemost score
The most frequently occurring score
The statistical or arithmetic average
All of the above
Given the following data set what is the value of the median? [2 4 3 6 1 8 9 2 5 7]
2
4.5
4.7
10
15
Given the following set of data, what is the range? [12 23 34 54 21 8 9 67]
59
55
8
56
9
Measure of central tendency are
Descriptive statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set.
Inferential statistics that identify the spread of the scores in a data set.
Inferential statistics that identify the best single value for representing a set of data.
Descriptive statistics that identify the best value for representing a set of data
All of the above.
Descriptive statistics is
The number of objectives.
The methods uses to describe the essential characteristics of the data.
About whether or not you can generalize from a sample.
All of these things.
All are not correct
Inferential statistics refers to
Things like predicting one’s next electricity bill.
How people can be differentiated from each other.
Relying on philosophers.
The confidence with which we can generalize from samples
All of the above
Numerical measurement is like
Scores
Category measurement
Physical measurement like height
The number of people with blonde hair
All of the above
A frequency is:
A set of scores
The number of individuals in a particular category
A score
A variable which occurs of ten.
A population
Nominal data are
Score
Sampling
People’s name
Small amounts of data
Categories with cannot be ordered from smallest to largest.
Ordinal data are like
Categories
Proportion
The amount of time the fourth person in the race book
Ratio data
First, second, third, fourth,…, last
Temperature is most like
Interval data
Nominal data
Frequency
Ordinal data
Distribution
The number of questions that members of a class get right on this multiple choice test is an example of
Nominal data
Ranking
Standard deviation
Ordinal data
A score
The need for inferential statistical methods derives from the need for…
Probability
Correlation
Population
Association
Sampling
Statistics is essential to psychologists because
People differ a lot and in many respects
It is compulsory
Experience are rare the same
By using statistics can claim to be the researchers
Experiences are much the same
A population in statistical terms, is the totality of thing under consideration. It is the collection of all values of the………..that ins under study.
Instance
Variable
Amount
Measure
Group
Sampling in simply a process of learning about the on the basic of a sample drawn from it.
Census
Prevalence
Group
Area
Population
Which one of the following is the most accurate?
Interval data assumes research need a rest break
Experience are rare the same
Psychologists prefer category data
There is a subtle distinction between category and nominal data
There is a difference interval and ratio data
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